Matt Adams catches up on Tiger Woods and his return to golf in 2024. Which events will Tiger play and what are the expectations as far as performance?
Tiger Woods he who just recently turned 48 years old does that make you feel old Tiger Woods is now 48 but he played twice During the period that I was just referencing at the Hero World Challenge and the PNC Challenge and tiger spoke afterwards about how he was feeling how
His body’s feeling what he thinks about moving forward can he win again you know a lot of things are are aching a lot more than my ankle which is uh the way goes um I I’ve been able to to walk and play um we’ve been working out hard be able
To recover we’ve been training every day which is great and uh uh it’s been nice to knock off a lot of the rust that uh and some of the doubt that I’ve had uh cuz quite frankly I haven’t hit a shot that counted in a long time so having a
Post to score and hit shots on the right number and uh hit shots with a consequence uh it’s been nice well I think that if given the fact that if I’m able to practice and and and do the things that I know I can do and prepare
I know that I I can still do it I can still hit the golf ball it’s just a matter of of of prepping and get enough reps in and get enough work in and and being right physically and then and the the endurance capability of it I mean I
I haven’t had the leg good enough where I’ve been able to compete and play a lot of rounds um I’ve had a lot of procedures over the years and that’s just part of the part of it and if if I know if I can practice I know I can
Still do it I can still hit the golf ball I can still chip I can still pot uh granted is also putting it all together for 72 holes and um that know that’s the the challenge the challenging part of it so for Tiger Woods the thing that I
Wonder about with with tiger when he played those two events and and he had said many times during the course of that run over the course of these two events the sound you just saw of course from from the PNC that he’d like to play
At least once a month and in a second I want to take a look the Signature Events and see if we can kind of pick and choose where we think tiger might play accordingly but first I I want to ask you guys this question when you think
About Tiger Woods and who he is arguably the greatest golfer of all time the only other person that we can compare him to in terms of the greatest professional golfers are Jack Nicholas right but by the time Jack Nicholas was 40 8 years old he was two years past having won
That remarkable Masters at Augusta National in 1986 at the age of 46 but Jack Nicholas and I think by his own admission he would tell you this too he was no longer fully vested in the game competitively that doesn’t mean that when he teed it up he didn’t try to play
The best that he that he could and we saw that well into deep into his 50s that he was contending in big events including Majors no what I’m talking about is that by that time Jack Nicholas was focusing on his golf design business he was focusing on his various other
Business interests and golf as a competitive lice vocation had really kind of taken a back seat that does not appear to be the case with Tiger Woods Tiger Woods seems to thirst for the competitive scenario the whether we’re talking about the PJ tour where I just
Mentioned he wants to play at least once a month and we’re going to get into that with a little detail in just a second or recently we heard that he fully intends to play in the PGA Tour Champions which I think is fascinating and great plus you can use a golf cart
On that so tiger looked okay in those in those two events he certainly didn’t seem to be as physically labored as he had previously we’re talking about again lots of times with tiger it’s a little bit about reading clouds he didn’t seem to be limping as much as he had been
Previously now as to the Signature Events 2024 is a brand new season on the PGA tour and I say that with intent because previously FedEx cut points for the last decade plus it came carried over from the fall into January well this is absolutely a fresh start everybody
Starting from zero so when you look at the Signature Events see if you could figure out where tiger would play now I would say the Genesis Invitational right I could see tiger playing in the Gen Invitational I’m undecided on whether he would go Arnold Palmer Invitational players because obviously he’s going to
Be at the Masters I wonder if it’s going to be a three-event run there because he’s won at the at Bay Hill what eight times uh he’s won the Players a couple of times and of course his history with the Masters is very well known so we’ll
See how that plays itself out from there I know he loves the Wells Fargo Championship uh then you see the PGA Championship we know he’s going to play there will he play at Jack event at the memorial Us open at Pinehurst we know he’s going to be there then of course
You see the open and the FedEx Cup playoffs I’m not sure what Tiger’s Position will be on that or if he’ll be eligible to get into that based upon his play on the buildup now when he was talking about his body and this part is absolutely remarkable this graphic is
Courtesy of Golf Digest where we get into the rigors of what tiger has gone through some of his own making and some just because there’s a lot of miles on the chassis so when you hear that Tiger Woods is 48 years old different parts of his body at the
Very least uh seemingly are quite a bit older than that 30 major injuries 12 of which required major surgeries he’s had nine back issues alone of which seven times it required surgery seven left knee issues and oh by the way remember he has broken both legs
One of them a stress fact fracture and one of them from a horrific car accident that he continues to uh come back from so all of these questions surround a Tiger Woods I think from a Fan’s perspective are you still vested in Tiger Woods does it excite you that you
Get to see maybe the goat play golf again is tiger and does ERS still move the needle I think it’s a rare treat in any sport when we get to see one of the game’s goats continue to play Contin continue to compete especially with Tiger Woods where so
Many times during the course of his career we asked the question of can he will he would he even be able to with what he is going through and he has gone through so so very much with his body we shall see
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Don’t care
Jack started other businesses and focused on those.
I hear hgh was really tough on tendons. Of course idk. Just heard it.
"Excited" wouldn't be a word most would use for this. 'Interested' and 'intrigued' might be more apt here. He's going to have to put some red numbers up there before we can realistically get excited. If he stays healthy and can grind a bit, he'll have a chance to make this exciting.
WHEN will he be tested for PED?
NOT GOAT…on every level
Woods has won one major in the last 14 years…he's done
The Impossible Dream